Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 3382

Gerald was relatively strong. However, he tried to avoid touching other parts of Hera's body, making it quite difficult to carry her. By the time they reached the third floor, he was out of breath.

Luca, however, seemed to handle it better than he did.

“Ms. Craw, aren't you tired?” Gerald could not help but ask as he set Hera down on the bed, panting.

Luca glanced at him and replied, “I'm not tired because I'm not worried about touching other parts of her.”

Gerald, whose hands were on his hips, was out of breath and muttered, “This is the first time I've realized how exhausting it is to carry a woman upstairs.”

After positioning Hera properly, Luca took her pulse and frowned. “Did she mention feeling unwell earlier?”

“Yeah, but wasn't she pretending? She was crying, throwing a fit, and making a scene downstairs. It was quite the performance,” Gerald recalled, chuckling at the memory of Hera trying to cling to Luke and failing.

Luca switched to her other hand to take Hera's pulse and then said, “She has some inflammation.”

“Inflammation? Where?” Gerald asked with curiosity.

Luca glanced at Luke and Gerald but did not answer directly. “I need to do a more thorough examination. You two should wait outside.”

“Alright.” Luke, who had been silent, could tell from her expression what the problem was. He turned and left the room.

Gerald was still curious. “So, where exactly is the inflammation?”

“Just go outside. You can't stay for the examination.” Luca furrowed her brows.

Gerald had no choice but to leave the room.

After the door closed, Luca pulled a fresh pair of medical gloves from her pocket. She had kept them with her since treating the volunteer, always prepared to help with medical treatment if needed.

After putting the gloves on, she unbuttoned Hera's clothes.

As she removed the clothing, the bruises all over Hera's body became clear. The marks showed how cruelly she had been treated by Abel.

Luca heaved a sigh, looking at the unconscious woman. “Why put yourself through all of this?”

Hera, in her condition, could have found a good boyfriend. They could just work hard together, enter marriage, and live a simpler life. What would be so wrong with that?

Instead, Hera let her body be mistreated like this for the sake of money. Luca could not help but feel sympathy.

She conducted a thorough examination of Hera.

Even though she did not have the assistance of any medical equipment, she learned many things from working with Shanks. After finishing the examination, she helped Hera put her clothes back on before standing up.

Luca exited the room.

“How is she?” Gerald quickly asked when he saw her.

“She's not in any danger; she just got a shock and fainted,” replied Luca.

Gerald let out a sigh of relief. “As long as she's not in danger.”

Luca continued, “Although there's no immediate danger, her condition isn't great. She was feeling unwell earlier because of a low fever caused by internal inflammation. She just needs some anti-inflammatory and fever-reducing medication, and she'll be fine.”

Gerald thought it was no big deal.

Luca did not respond. She made her way downstairs.

Luke and Gerald followed her.

“Why is she inflamed?” asked Luke.

Luca replied, “Intercourse.”

Gerald's eyes widened in confusion. “What does that mean?”

“She overdid it, and her body couldn't handle it, so she got inflamed.” Luca did not explain too much and did not care if the men understood. She walked to the second floor and directly entered the lab.

She said to Shanks, “Abel’s companion has an inflammation, and I'd like to get some medication.”

“Okay.” Shanks did not care much about Hera's condition.

Then, she set up the IV.

As she looked at the pale-faced woman, Luca let out a sigh. After completing everything, she exited the room and said to the waiting men, “I've set up the IV. I'll have to wait until the fluid is finished before I can leave. You two should go do what you need to. It'll take a while before the IV finishes.”

“Alright.” Luke gave Luca a meaningful look, reminding her, “Be careful.”

Luca nodded and glanced at Gerald before walking away.

Gerald did not say anything but remarked, “Let’s go. If the boss sees us standing here, he might think we have ideas about his woman.”

Luke's expression darkened. He glanced at Luca before turning to go downstairs.

Luca initially thought about sitting on the couch, but the thought of a certain matter made her feel disgusted. So, she pulled over a chair, sat beside the bed, and began handling business with the messages from Rhett. She dealt with matters from Watson's side.

She did not know what Luke had said to the people at Watson.

The research there was still progressing smoothly, unaffected by her time off.

Even though Luca was busy with things here, she made time to check the messages and data Rhett sent.

With Shanks’ research as a foundation, Luca was able to remotely guide the ongoing studies.

After Luca handled her work matters, Hera started to slowly wake up.

Luca heard a sound and put her phone away, glancing at the woman on the bed. “You’re awake?”

Hera was initially a bit disoriented, but when she heard Luca's voice, she fully regained consciousness. She blinked her eyes and looked at her. “How did you end up here?”

“Do you remember what happened?” Luca placed a mercury thermometer under her arm. “I’m taking your temperature. Don’t move.”

“I fainted.” Hera remembered being frightened by Abel's expression and secretly mocked herself for being so weak.

They lived in a law-abiding society.

No matter how ruthless Abel was, he would not kill her. Realizing this, she could not help but feel frustrated. How could she have been so easily frightened into fainting?